They may be sixth in the league, eight points outside the Champions League spots and out of the FA Cup - but there is some good news for the Arsenal hierachy.

In a eye-watering Uefa report that is sure to anger success-starved supporters, it's revealed that the Gunners earn more money per fan through the turnstiles than any other club in the world.

In fact European football clubs are earning and spending more money than ever before - with Uefa president Aleksander Ceferin concerned about the growing "polarisation" between the super-rich and everyone else.

The key findings in Uefa's European Club Footballing Landscape report - the governing body's look at the financial health of clubs in its 55 member associations - reveals:

Manchester United are Europe's biggest earners

Five Premier League clubs are in the top 10

Arsenal earn £74.09 per fan through the turnstile - more than any other club in world

Agents have taken £2.5bn from the game in five years

Manchester United also burdened by highest debt (€561m)

Likes of Bournemouth now earn three times as much as Inter Milan in TV revenue

The super-rich Premier League continue to lead the way financially, stretched its lead over its rivals due to broadcast revenue, commercial deals and gate receipts.

Such is the league's dominance, that its 20 clubs earned more in 2016 than all 597 clubs from Uefa's 48 smallest competitions.

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The financial clout of the Premier League will be little comfort to Arsenal fans however.

Despite the proposed departures of high-profile players Theo Walcott and Alexis Sanchez Gunners earn £74.09 for every fan that comes through the turnstile.

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Chelsea are second with £68.71, followed up by Real Madrid (£55.91), Liverpool (£55.68) and Bayern Munch who rake in £54.92 per supporter.

Manchester United are sixth with £53.41.

The Gunners have the most expensive tickets in the Premier League and the Uefa report works on gate receipts including season tickets, match day tickets, membership fees, premium ticketing and hospitality income.

Th high prices at the Emirates show they rake in the most from gate receipts overall - £102m last term - even though Old Trafford has a higher capacity.

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Manchester United are earning more than any other world club (Image: AFP)

Manchester United are Europe's biggest earners, with Manchester City (sixth), Arsenal (seventh), Chelsea (eighth) and Liverpool (ninth) all in the top 10.

United's year-on-year revenue growth of £150million would have been good enough to come 23rd on the list.

Much of this is to do with the Premier League's bumper broadcast revenues - and United become the first English club to knock Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid off the top of this list - but English clubs are earning more than their rivals in every other department, too.

English Premier League television revenues were now such that mid-table Bournemouth earned the same as three-times European champions Inter Milan.

However United was also burdened with the highest net debt of €561 milliom, ahead of Benfica, Inter Milan, Juventus and Liverpool.

They are also spending more, though, with an average wage bill of £137million, more than double the next highest-paying league, the Bundesliga.

City had the highest net transfer spend of £177million and they also overtook Real Madrid as having the highest value for players on their balance sheet at more than £320million.

While Uefa admits it is the popularity of England's biggest clubs and a handful of rivals on the continent that is driving much of the revenue growth, it is also deeply concerned about the implications on Europe's competitive balance.

Aleksander Ceferin (left) is worried about the gap between rich and poor in football (Image: REUTERS)

In his foreword to the report, Ceferin writes: "Once more, we cannot help but note that the polarisation of commercial and sponsorship revenues between the top tier of clubs and the rest is accelerating.

"As the guardians of the game, Uefa must ensure that football remains competitive even as financial gaps are augmented by globalisation and technological change."

The report refers to "two-speed growth" between half a dozen big clubs and the rest but also a "wide disparity" in broadcast revenues between the six biggest television markets - England, Italy, Spain, Germany, France and Turkey - and the other 48 nations.

Uefa believes the ability of Europe's super clubs to "leverage their brands" is the single biggest reason for their dominance.

The 12 largest and most global clubs - England's 'big six' plus Barcelona and Real Madrid from Spain, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund from Germany, Italy's Juventus and Paris St Germain of France - have increased their commercial revenues by more than £1.4billion between 2010 and 2016, more than double the increase for every other top-tier club in Europe combined.